Futbolun en büyük organizasyonu Dünya Kupası'nın ev sahipliği yapacağı ABD, Kanada ve Meksika'da, turnuva tarihinin öne çıkan 11 kalecisi belirlendi. Listede Ricardo Zamora'dan Gianluigi Buffon'a kadar birçok efsane isim yer alıyor.
This analytical piece examines the Premier League title race through a psychological lens, using Gianluigi Buffon's pre-match rituals (including talking to his goalie gloves naked) as a metaphor for how footballers cope with extreme pressure. The article argues that while every aspect of modern football is data-driven and科学化, the mental side remains largely uncharted, with managers reduced to "gimmicky best-guesses". With Arsenal, Tottenham and West Ham facing pivotal matches, the author explores how the sport has become hostage to the "banter-sphere" and social media noise, while questioning why professional football hasn't developed more structured methodologies for managing pressure.
Gianluigi Buffon details a severe panic attack before a 2004 Juventus match, revealing his struggle with fear, breathlessness, and the eventual diagnosis of depression, marking a critical moment in his career and personal life.
Dans un entretien accordé au média The Guardian, la légende Gianluigi Buffon est revenue sur le coup de boule de Zinédine Zidane asséné à Marco Materazzi, lors de France-Italie, en finale de la Coupe du monde 2006.
Italy’s legendary goalkeeper on getting used to retirement, the decline of Italian football and why he blames himself for Zidane’s World Cup final red card“I tear the gloves off my hands and my bare knuckles, reddened and soaked with sweat, shine in the neon light,” Gianluigi Buffon writes when he remembers leaving the pitch at half-time during the final game of his remarkable career, in May 2023. “I really feel dead inside. I am 45 years old, and around me many of my teammates walking in shorts towards the dressing room could easily be my children.”The gripping and intimate tone of Buffon’s book, Saved, which opens with his last-ever game in a Serie B playoff for Parma, is matched by his warm and open character. The great goalkeeper played professionally for 28 years and his reflections are as moving as they are sombre. “Can you live without it, Gigi?” he asks. “No, I can’t … when you have outlived your youth, and the time when you feel strong and all-powerful has ended, and your muscles, joints and reflexes start to wear out, then it really is like dying.” Continue reading...
